The requests, made in the BOJ's survey of bond market participants on its taper plans, underscore the challenge the central bank faces in removing remnants of its massive monetary stimulus.

Japan's underlying inflation will stay around the BOJ's 2% target if there is an economic rebound, Uchida told parliament. Sign up here. He noted that recent gains in domestic prices were largely ...

The BOJ will hold two gatherings on Tuesday with representatives from banks and securities firms to hear their views on the current and future pace of the central bank’s pullback from the bond ...

The Bank of Japan likely remains on track to keep scaling back its bond buying at largely the current pace with scope to continue rolling back purchases beyond March 2026 after views of surveyed ...

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) published the Summary of Opinions from the monetary policy meeting on April 30 and May 1, 2025, with the key findings noted below. One member said BOJ is likely to keep ...

While U.S. tariffs are likely to hurt Japan's economic growth, the BOJ will continue to raise interest rates if the economy and prices improve after a period of stagnation, as the board projects ...

While the BOJ is unlikely to ramp up bond buying, the rise in super-long yields could affect its decision on the pace and composition of future quantitative tightening (QT), say analysts and ...

Kazuo Ueda starting in March last year. His remarks counter a recent revival of market speculation over the chances of the BOJ raising borrowing costs this year. Some market participants renewed ...

The written account of the BOJ gathering comes as risk appetite returns to global financial markets following the cooldown in U.S.-China tariff tensions on Monday. The release makes it clearer ...

When it comes to kids’ birthday parties, you’d think there were only so many ways to reinvent the wheel. But one parent has well and truly said ‘hold my piñata.’ She’s ditching the ...

The new flavor? Birthday Cake. The new dessert marks the 30th anniversary of the McFlurry, which was first invented in Canada. The McFlurry was first created by a Canadian McDonald's franchisee in ...